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History Weekend

Friday

  1. 5:30 PM
    Reception for Dr. Bill Harris.  Invitation Only

Saturday

  1. 9:30 AM
    Coffee and Bagels

  2. 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Main Lecture Dr. James McPherson

            Dr. James McPherson is currently George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History, Emeritus.

            Main Lecture Title:  "Lincoln's Legacy for Our Time

          When Abraham Lincoln drew his last breath on April 15, 1865, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton intoned: "Now he belongs to the ages."  This lecture will show how Lincoln's leadership in the cause of Union andfreedom not only invoked the ideals of liberty, democracy, and nationalism inherited from the American Revolution but also redefined these ideals for the future.  The shape of the American polity today is a consequence of that redefinition.   James A. McPherson
 

Email Susan Book susan_book@ncsu.edu   Registration is now closed

 

Sunday

      Movie:  Glory   

           At the NC Museum of History  2PM - 4:30PM  with guest commentator Dr. Susanna Lee

      http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/wgo/Programs.html

Map of Withers Hall and surrounding area on NC State University's campus

Need Directions?

Withers Hall is located at 101 Lampe Drive, near the intersection of Hillsborough and Horne Streets. Free parking after 5 pm is available on Hillsborough Street or in the North Residence Hall parking lot, located on Hillsborough Street adjacent to Bruegger’s Bagels and in the small lots in front of 1911 and Patterson Hall (see stars on map).

More information on parking

 

Recommended Reading List

Books by James McPherson

 

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford Univ. Press)
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief (Penguin)
Lincoln (Oxford University Press)
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (University of North Carolina Press)

Other Suggested Reading List

 
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350 Withers Hall, Campus Box 8108, Raleigh, NC 27695-8108
Phone: 919.515.2483 Fax: 919.515.3886
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History